[texbirds] Re: Quintana Sunday Chuck-will's-widow, photos
- From: Cecilia-home <criley02@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "joannekamo@xxxxxxx" <joannekamo@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:38:09 -0500
GREAT photos and sighting!
Life is better with birds!
Cecilia M Riley
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Joanne Kamo <joannekamo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sunday Greg Lavaty, two other friends and I were out birding at the
> Quintana jetty looking for migrants after the cold front. From the corner of
> my eye I saw Greg excitedly pointing at some brown shape and walking quickly
> toward us. I just started firing away taking photos of it, and it turned out
> to be a Chuck-will's-widow. I managed to get 2 photos of it over open water.
> It was again seen later at the Quintana sanctuary.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/jitams/image/145978843
>
> http://www.pbase.com/jitams/image/145978842 (blurry)
>
> There were also 3 Olive-side flycatchers and a Canada warbler reported at the
> drip. Brazoria also had some shorebirds (Dowitchers, Pectoral, Stilt
> Sandpipers, Yellowlegs) and arriving ducks (Blue-winged Teal, Northern
> Shoveler), and many Wood Storks still there.
>
> A few other photos are posted here at the beginning:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/jitams/newrecent
>
>
> Joanne Kamo
> Houston, TX
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